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== Other Drivers ==

=== MySQLdb ===

  URL:: http://dustman.net/andy/python/MySQLdb/
  licence:: GPL/Python license
  platforms:: Unix, win32
  Python versions:: 1.5.2 thru 2.2

==== Extensions to DB API ====

  * several alternative cursor classes which can be used with cursor(cursorclass) on the connection object
  * additional methods info() and insert_id() in the cursor classes

==== Comments ====

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URL

http://www.mysql.com/

licence
GPL
platforms
Unix, win32

DB API 2.0 Drivers

MySQL for Python

URL

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python

licence
GNU General Public License (GPL), Python License (CNRI Python License), Zope Public License
platforms
OS Independent
Python versions
2.4

Supported Python Applications

  • ["Zope"]
  • A MySQL driver exists for ["PyDO"] (Python Data Objects)

Pros

  • Many administration tools from third parties
  • Fast

Cons

  • Only very basic SQL support (entry level SQL 92). Many interesting features (subqueries, views, triggers, ...) are missing.

  • Some [http://sql-info.de/mysql/gotchas.html gotchas] (documented but unexpected features)

MySQL (last edited 2018-05-04 13:35:05 by DavidDLowe)

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